# now

Returns current date under the form of a Unix hour.

## 📝 Syntax

* n = now()

## 📤 Output argument

* n - a double.

## 📄 Description

now() returns the current date and time as a serial date number.

## 💡 Example

```matlab
datevec(now())
```

## 🔗 See also

[datenum](https://nelson-9.gitbook.io/Nelson/markdown/en/time/datenum), [datevec](https://nelson-9.gitbook.io/Nelson/markdown/en/time/datevec).

## 🕔 History

| Version | 📄 Description  |
| ------- | --------------- |
| 1.0.0   | initial version |
